Dimensions
142 x 210 x 17mm
In this haunting and lyrical novel, Rene Steinke invited us into the troubled psyche of Ella, a young woman torn by inner demons that drive her to pyromania and promiscuity, a woman as enthralled by flames as others are by love. Badly scarred in a fire and stigmatised as a child, Ella, now twenty-two, lives in the small town of Porter, Indiana. She has recently dropped out of college to work as a clerk at the local hotel. Slowly, she begins to realise that she is engaged in a complicated web of secrets surrounding her father's death, her grandfather's suicide, her aunt's mysterious disappearance, her mother's descent into anorexia and depression, and her own tragic childhood accident.
As Ella struggles to come to terms with her family's tormented past and her own uncertain future, she draws you ever deeper into her scorched soul, revealing a sensuality that will spiral into final, fiery destruction - unless it can be quenched by love.
